Moorehouse hunted after Ruth De Meritt murder
Albert Moorehouse, 30, allegedly threatening Ruth De Meritt with death if she refused to marry him, fled from Harriet Heath in Allentown area after a gun was found. Bloodhounds tracked him toward an old car barn as officers conducted a secret search following Ruth’s death near the Country club.
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Moorehouse
Allentown
Albert Moorehouse
Ruth de Meritt
Harriet Heath
51St Ave. S
Stringer
Malone
Ruth
Sheriff St
Ruth Deneil
Beebe
Country Club
F. A. Christensen
Ballard
Pat McGinn
Charles F. Comfort
McGinn
We Cannot Desert Our Flesh and Blood Liberty Bond Appeal
A Seattle plea urges citizens to subscribe to Liberty Bonds to support Uncle Sam and provide food clothing ammunition for the 18th engineers in France. The piece frames bond purchases as safe loans earning 4 percent while aiding American boys overseas.
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ISQ
France
18Th Regiment of Engineers
Seattle
Belgium
Lusitania
Uncle Sam
United States of America
Neterer
Jeremiah Neterer
Wilson
Clay Allen
Roscoe Drumheller
Edgar Battle
Henry M. White
Gibbs
Colman
J. Gibbs
FLD Black
J. M. Colman Co
Philip Sloan
Gibbe
C. M. Seeley
George T. Myers
The
Man Com
Million a Day Needed for Bond Drive in Seattle
Close to a million dollars daily must be subscribed by Seattle residents through next Saturday to hit the 13 million dollar city allotment with larger daily needs across the state. Subscriptions reported to Friday noon stood at 5,524,150, leaving 7,475,850 still to raise in Seattle and more elsewhere.
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Seattle
No Liberty Bonds No Sugar Motto Hits Detroit Stores
Detroit grocer enforces Liberty Bond purchase for sugar with a one-pound limit per shopper. The stunt has sold bonds totaling over $10,000 as the store banners the slogan Buy a Liberty Bond or You Can’t Buy Sugar. Local shoppers report the unusual wartime price policy and the widespread attention it draws.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Gray
Hello Girls Strike At Midnight Over Union Demands
Rhoda Kerr, head of Seattle telephone operators, predicts complete paralysis of Seattle service at midnight Friday if demands are not met at the San Francisco conference. About 750 operators voted unanimously to strike after rejecting a partial raise, with an offer of emergency service by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. if unorganized workers stay.
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Seattle
Rhoda Kerr
F.L. McNally
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Miss Kerr
San Francisco
Labor Temple
W. F. Delaney
Mise Kerr
Frisco Vote Supports Pacific Telephone Strike
The Pacific Division Brotherhood of Electrical Workers sanctioned a strike by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. employees after the company refused a $1 daily wage increase. Delegates said the strike would start Monday, protests intensified by the company’s refusal to recognize the girls' union.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pacific Division
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Girls’ Union
Police Phones to Be in Order Despite Strike
Despite a Saturday strike, police on beat duty will maintain communications via post boxes to headquarters. The system operates independently of the public exchange and keeps direct lines active.
Slavs Give Up Base at Reval
Petrograd dispatch reports Evacuation of the Reval naval base by Russian forces beginning Tuesday. German fleet activity off the Gulf of Riga presses Baltic operations, threatening further naval moves toward the Gulf of Finland. Reval’s loss signals greater menace to Russia as a first stronghold near Petrograd.
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Reval
United Press
Petrograd
Novoe Vremya
Germany
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Chamber Council Voters To Support Local Transit Plan
The chamber members at a Friday luncheon voted to sustain action endorsing methods used by Mayor Gill to extend the Division A municipal car line into Ballard.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chambers
Gill
Ballard
Confusingly Romantic Is Career of Woman Mayor of Florida City
Moorehaven Florida witnesses romance and politics collide as Marian Horwitz O'Brien becomes mayor after her campaign manager J J O'Brien leaves for France. Once married to George Horwitz she inherits property and leadership roles, navigating name changes and public duties in wartime Moorehaven.
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Florida City
Moorehaven
Fla
Florida
America
Marian Horwitz O'Brien
Newhallas
Philadelphia
Everglades
George Quintard Horwitz
Marian Horwitz
Gill Will Ask For Vice Commission
Mayor Gill plans to appoint a seven member vice commission to study Seattle conditions and recommend cleanup steps. The panel will be formed after talks with Council President Fitzgerald and Maj. Gen. Greene at Camp Lewis. Rhodes and Ramsey named as likely members with other selections to follow.
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Gill
Seattle
Fitzgerald
Greene
Camp Lewis
Claude Ramsey
Albert A. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Rhodes
Gen. Greene
Lundin
Allen
Fighting Bob Fitzsimmons Struggles With Fatal Illness
Chicago reports venerable pugilist Fitzsimmons near death in Michael Reese Hospital from pneumonia and heart involvement. Wife Tina remains at his side as doctors warn of a few hours to live, while telegrams of encouragement pour in from fans and friends. Born in Cornwall and a famed champion across three weight classes, he rose to international renown before battles with Dempsey Gardner Corbett and Jeffries.
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United Press
Chicago
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Michael Reese Hospital
Fitz
Bob
Fitzsimmons
South Side
Tina Fitzsimmons
Robert
Martin
Rosalie
Glen Ellyn
Corbett Pays Tribute to Fitzsimmons in illness note
New York authorizes Jim Corbett to speak on Robert Fitzsimmons amid illness. He praises Fitzsimmons as a tough rival who never quits and recalls their fair championship, noting Fitzsimmons battled heavyweights for 25 years and remains a great fighter.
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New York
Death
Jim Corbett
Robert Fitzsimmon
Fita
Ring
Fitzsimmons
Jeffries Declares Himself Corner of Bob
United Press reports from Burbank California that Jim Jeffries—who rose to heavyweight champion status—claims he acts as Bob’s corner man. The unusual remark frames Jeffries as a coaching figure for a rival or associate named Bob.
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United Press
Burbank
Cal
Big Jim Jeffries
Boxers Bolster Bob Fitzsimmons As Jeffries Backs Him
In Chicago, Jeffries learns his former foe and friend lies dying. He declares, Poor old Bob, and says he is in Bob's corner, that he will not throw in the towel, while Fitzsimmons fights death.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob
Jeffries
United Press
Chicago
Sam
Jeff
Merceris
Under Which Side Do You Stand In World War I
A wartime call from Charles Perry Taylor secretary of the Washington State Federation of Labor urges workers to enlist in the war effort or support America from home by economizing saving wages and investing. He asks workers to choose between America and Liberty or Germany and Slavery and to act under the American flag.
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America
Belgium
Sam
Germany
Slavery
Charles Perry Taylor
Washington
Scheidemann Addresses Socialist Views at Conference
Phil Scheidemann declared at the Wuerzburg majority socialist conference that democracy and self administration must precede wars for lands but the party would wage wars for the empire and seek world sympathy. Dispatches report from Amsterdam dated October 19.
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Amsterdam
Planders
Otha
Phil Scheidemann
Wuerzbur
Cording
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Stringer and
Taylor's Mill
Rainier Valley
United States
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Splitdorff Electric Co
Piper & Taft
Lilly & Co
Gray McLean & Percy
Peirce
Independent
Order of Foresters
State Bank
Steel Products
Tokyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co
C. T. Lincoln
Plainfield
N. J
Lincoln Hotel
Cyrus Peirce
Athletic Club
Liberty Loan Bonds
Frisco
Jobrien
Marian Nobrten
Aone
Tacoma
Cantonment
J. W. Spangler
Burke
J. D. Lowman
J. 8. Goldenmith
American Lake
Chamber
Beattie
Jack Dempsey
Geo, Gardner
Jim Jeffries
Corbett
Scheidemann
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